Suppose I need some crazy custom symbol for personal use.
e.g.
when I write \foobar, LaTeX should show the symbol.
How do I achieve this?
LaTeX – How to Add a Custom Symbol
macrossymbols
Related Solutions
How about using \left, \right, and \raisebox?
\newcommand{\bigslant}[2]{{\raisebox{.2em}{$#1$}\left/\raisebox{-.2em}{$#2$}\right.}}
\begin{equation}
\bigslant{\mathcal{O}_{(V',0)}}{\mathcal{O}_{(V,0)}}
\end{equation}
which gives
The only problem is that I need to re-enter mathmode inside the \raiseboxes. Anyone know how to avoid that?
How about
\Mundusfor a “World” symbol, or maybe\ComputerMouse?
Both also from marvosym.
In any case have a look at the comprehensive symbol list for further ideas.
Best Answer
Simplest way would be to save it as a pdf (or eps if you're using latex) and then define